From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 26 7:11:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dart.sr.se (dart.SR.SE [193.12.91.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 479B414BD5 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 07:11:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from honken.sr.se ([134.25.128.27]) by dart.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA69653; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:11:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: from pluto.sr.se (pluto.SR.SE [134.25.193.91]) by honken.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA52107; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:11:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar@pluto.sr.se) Received: (from gunnar@localhost) by pluto.sr.se (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA87886; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:11:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from gunnar) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:11:08 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt To: Matthew Jonkman Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Shell prompts Message-ID: <20000126161108.A87634@sr.se> Reply-To: Gunnar Flygt References: <004a01bf67bf$42b16640$030a0a0a@jonkmangarage.com><007f01bf67bf$5bfec160$1791ddd1@balfourplace.com><006c01bf67c0$aff34240$030a0a0a@jonkmangarage.com> <00b401bf680f$35b1b4e0$350a0a0a@bussert.com.Bussert> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <00b401bf680f$35b1b4e0$350a0a0a@bussert.com.Bussert>; from jonkman@bussert.com on Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 10:08:26AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 10:08:26AM -0500, Matthew Jonkman wrote: > My next question (you probably already anticipated this) > > How do I change my default shell without removing and adding myself again? chsh > > ========================================= > > Matthew Jonkman > Bussert Consulting > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Rust" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 1:57 AM > Subject: Re: Shell prompts > > > You've neglected to tell us what shell you're using, so it makes > answering a little tougher. I use bash(1), which uses the PS1 > environment variable to do what you want: > > export PS1="\u in \w \$" > > jon > > At 12:46 AM -0500 1/26/00, Matthew Jonkman wrote: > >That tells me all I'd want to know, but how can I make the prompt itself be > >something to the effect of: > > > >Username in /etc/mail # > > > >Thanks > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message